and iran now do you think. this thing of washington will review its attitude toward the iran and will stop seeing iran as a threat and how will the relationship develop in that direction in your opinion. to be honest with you washington is not run by the president. and i mean washington it is run its foreign policy it's quiet by lobby groups and congressional members at the moment especially with this president are far more powerful than the store bomber so to think that things will change now because there's been this initial first step it's it's it's being very optimistic and it's good to be optimistic but one has to be realistic and already before listening to stick a i was listening to c.n.n. which is america's main mouthpiece which tends to be neutral and you can see still hear the same rhetoric about iran so you know as i said it taken thirty four years to build it will to demonize iran it will not go away overnight and if there's no will for it to go away yes mr obama may have had the political will is s

they want to trade with iran. in the case of china, they want iran's oil. in the case of russia, they want to sell weapons to iran. they want to build some of iran's facilities. >> i'm getting a two-minute warning from inside this room where the president is getting ready to speak in just a moment. judith miller has just hit me back on e-mail and our viewers are tweeting me that they can hear me typing as i'm talking with you guys via keyboard. the big headline in all of this is that the president is getting ready to speak on a deal with iran. let's pause. the reason i have paused is because we now are reaching out to all of our fox broadcast stations from across the nation and inviting them into our coverage now so that we are now fox news channel and across all fox broadcast stations. we are inside a two-minute warning as president obama gets ready to speak to the nation and the world about a deal over iran's nuclear program which had been reached this evening in geneva, switzerland. our secretary of state john kerry among the six world power leaders who

there will be limits on iran's ability to use replacement centrifuges, iran cannot use the next six months to stockpile. iran has allowed transparency, inspectors will be allowed in and they'll provide daily access to two major nuclear facilities. moments ago president obama addressed the nation and made it clear if iran does not meet commitments the u.s. could reimpose sanctions and apply pressure on iran. now the iranian foreign minister spoke a short time ago with the prospects for cooperation for the two sides as they look ahead. >> we have established a joint commission to monitor the implementation of our agreement. this is a process of attempting to restore confidence, and i hope that the two sides can move forward in a manner that would be conducive to this objective, because that is an overarching objective. we need to start moving in the direction of restoring confidence, a directions that we have managed to move against in the past several years, and that is required to be able to gain the confidence of iranian people. >> let's turn to our phil ittner, who is standing by live in

>> iran is member of the treaty, and so iran has made this all along that it has a right to enrich and to have this heavy water reactor. it has a right to make highly enriched uranium for use of fuel. now they have broken a lot of their obligations. >> so they haven't been playing by the rules of a treaty that they signed. >> absolutely. but when you look at the future i think it's unrealistic to ask or to be able to get iranian agreement for no enrichment, no heavy water, no heavy water reactor. instead what you have to do is build into that agreement lafayette confidence-buildin , onthe enrichment facility yout a lot of extra verification on it because frankly it's not just the p 5 plus one. there are a lot of points that are very suspicious of what iran has been up to. >> and what we have now is a situation where you have to take their word for it? i mean, they've gone ahead and done things i against existing treaties. moving forward do you contemplate an inspection regime that is intrusive enough to find out everything that they're doing all the time? is that realistic either? >> n

with iran. the police a three month period for iran to take some significant transparency measures and that is another bouwmeester to measure this success of this agreement because as you just heard lady ashton. cooperation between iran and the i hear the varying porton part of you know this whole issue and in fact goes to the heart of these views because you don't lose them from i reporter are iran to the us if we're to be canceled framing it in a non-conference abuse the use of the gauge and use of force contested by iraq the list loosely in the larger correctly was let's play iran since then and this latest meeting between iran and iran was the lakers remind there are iran's commitment and dedication to you know and hans's cooperation with the year and to create an atmosphere of trust and confidence in this peaceful nuclear program well the geneva talks interestingly enough have made it unlikely allies is around static saudi arabia both are very dead set against telling with terror on wired y

the challenge with iran, iran is not a country which you can bully. it simply doesn't work that way. if you look at what iran excels at at the olympics, it's wrestling and weight lifting. this is a country that is very national list i can, has a very strong sense of self-. when i go there which i'm sure you all will at some point, your host will take you to a house of strength. it's when people do syncronized weight lifting. it is very interesting. the point i'm making is culturally this is not a country that gives in well to bullying. they have a very strong sense of themselves, they are very national list i can, there is sort of a martial quality there and it simply doesn't work. what was so interesting about the election is that yet again an opportunity for some type of peaceful resolution of our differences with iran emerges. and again, i am skeptical because i'm always skeptical. we middle east specialists are the oncologist of studies. we are wrong and can't do anything and have no good news. but having said that the stakes are so high, they are

they're not open to the idea of iran that is. what i think you will see in the region going forward is that what we're seeing essentially is the collapse of the american worker and united states is not the decisive power as it was in the process and as a result complex that were kept in check are no longer in check and there are sitting up there bubbling up and conflicts that could be resolved that are not getting resolved because there's no the size of mechanism any longer to really be able to do so that's going to lead to unfortunately years of instability and there's probably going to be several different iterations of shifting alliances until in new equipment room is found in that region i think our dad is an inevitable process so i don't see us in any way shape or form being able to get around it and i don't find it very likely that the united states is going to be able to one to be able to really adopt the position of being the ultimate guarantor of the security of the region being the head to monitor the event as it was be

by definition, the deal prevents iran from enriching above five percent, and it caps the size of iran's stockpile of enriched uranium. the reason you need an interim deal is because if we are going to be talking to the iranians we didn't need to be talking to them while they were continuing to enrich uranium and expand their system. in exchange there is a temporary and reversible reduction of sanctions so that the iran yen side comes home with something. because-- although i think in the yonted states we seem to have forgotten untilment usually when you make deals internationally both sides get something. >> so gregory jones, how do you see this question of enriching. iran's capability of enriching uranium? >> well, first of all, we are still permitting iran to enrich uranium. its stock pifl enriched uranium is continuing to grow. a number of nuclear weapons, they will be able to produce for this is also continuing to grow in the next six months. president obama says that we've cut off iran's path to nuclear weapons. in fact, we haven't. it's still there and virtually everyone agrees th

when speaking off the record that iran is trying to obtain nuclear military capability iran cannot justify its immense nuclear build up by trying to create energy they don't need mr bergman i don't think iran always this explanation or that justification to ease a real or indeed any other country for that matter and let me just mention that while israeli history was indeed very traumatic it's by far it's not the only country that have very painful experience throughout history but coming back specifically to the talks if we look at the details of the deal that's where under discussion in geneva if you believe diplomatic sources it was really the first time in many many years when diplomats write a bill to trance. sound these blame game and to finally discuss some specific proposals more concretely they were discussing the possibility of iran's halting medium grade enrichment in return for some. for lifting some secondary sanctions and you have or when the details of that deal were leaked to the media benjamin netanyahu israeli prime minister took the stand and here's how he described the i

when speaking off record that iran is trying to obtain nuclear military capability iran cannot justify its immense nuclear build up by trying to create energy they don't need mr bergman i don't think iran all of this explanation or that justification to israel or indeed any other country for that matter and let me just mention that while israeli history was indeed very traumatic it's by far it's not the only country that have very painful experience throughout history but coming back specifically to the talks if we look at the details of the deal that were under discussion in geneva if you believe diplomatic sources it was really the first time in many many years when diplomats were able to transcend this blame game and to finally discuss some specific proposals more concretely they were discussing the possibility of iran's halting medium grade enrichment in return for some. for lifting some secondary sanctions and yet when the details of that deal were leaked to the media badgeman netanyahu israeli prime minister took the stand and here's how he described that deal let's have. listen

iran's nuclear rights. the islamic republic of iran innately enjoys this right and this right has been granted to all the signatories by the mtp. >> some iranians believe the agreement is a bad deal. here is a look at what tehran gets. the sanctions held against it lighten up on gold and metal exports and car industry. that will potentially provide rain with $1.5 billion. sales of iranian oil will be heavily restricted. iranian students - they'll get tew irn assistance from their government. hassan rouhani is calling the deal a victory. he added that iran's enrichment activities will continue same as the past. >> israel calls it a mistake. officials say rain pose as threat. let's bring in our correspondent mike hanna. good morninging. israel is describing the deal as an historic mistake. why is that? >> well israel has been fundamentally opposed to the deal, despite promises from its allies, and john kerry in the cabinet meeting. it was an angry benyamin netanyahu speaking to the cabinet, describing the dea

iran's president praised the deal. iran does not give up its ability to enrich uranium. they will receive about $7 billion in sanctions relief in the next six months. it will receive $4.2 billion in frozen funds from oil sales. nearly $100 million remains frozen, however. republicans on the senate foreign relations committee such as senator bob corker, they're worried iran may fool the u.s. and still get a bomb as north korea did when the u.s. engaged it in multiparty talks. >> my greatest concern throughout this whole situation is the north korean issue. and that issue began relieving sanctions, you end up basically with no deal. and so my greatest concern is seeing follow-through here. >> relief from the sanctions is set to begin in two to three weeks. irain's leadership has just issued a statement if congress imposes new sanctions, then the deal is off. eric. >> all right, jennifer. thanks so much. >> thanks, jenn. >> well, does this deal delay, stop, or even encourage a possible iranian nuclear bomb? critics point out their nuclear facilities still remain firmly in p

on iran. a deal to freeze iran's nuclear program has fallen apart. how big of a setback do you think this is? >> i'm a governor of new jersey i think there are a lot of people you can ask, probably will have on the program who are significantly better briefed on this. when guys like me start to shoot off on opinions about this kind of stuff it's really ill-advised. i'll leave it to secretary kerry and the folks that are in charge of this to make decisions about where we go. and then once they put something together if they do then i'll make a judgment on that. it's just -- i'm not right person to be asking that question with all due respect. >> you're a national political figure. you're a leader in the republican party, you may some day run for president do you have view about whether iran should continue to enrich uranium? >> like i said. i think the folks who are involved in this on day-to-day basis should be making those kind of opinions known publicly. for me i'm governor of new jersey and my job is to run the state of new jersey. and it's just s

have said repeatedly that iran is not fulfilling the n.p.t. let me switch gears a little bit one of the most quoted phrases in geopolitics these days is the one attributed to mahmoud ahmadinejad's about supposedly why the pain israel of the map and we know that that's phrase was taken out of context he was mistranslated and yet it is these really essential is that quote him a lot more often than any on there you are. propaganda we both know both look i don't know how much you know about iranian history you know why. i know quite a lot believe me well you have you have just quoted two main lies that are being spread by iranian propaganda. well look i will i think that israel. has quite a lot of blame in this war propaganda and i can say something about israeli propaganda but iranian propaganda for example trying to undermine the declaration of mahmoud othman in a job for the destruction of israel for the destruction of the zionist entity as he nickname is for denouncing or supporting off suicide terrorism he's supported publicly and sent his tr

the only time that iran's afghanistan, even though iran was hosting warlords, iran was hosting millions of afghan refugees. to expand itsork invested heavily in the construction after the fall of the taliban regime. also -- has also disrupted the political process in fighting u.s. or foreign military in afghanistan, perhaps to make sure that afghanistan cannot be [indiscernible] conclusion, as barbara mentioned, we believe there are issues in south asia that does not have a solution, there is no such thing as solving afghanistan's border issue without considering the fact that it is also an issue in iran , or pakistan and afghanistan the same way about water. any solution needs to be regional, and should also involve other parties and .ountries that would contribute to the peace and stability in in 2014.an thank you so much. i'm sorry if i took a long time. i always do. >> it is a pleasure to be here this morning, and quite an honor to represent many of the folks behind the research effort we been doing about the regional water security issues that are tied not only to afghanistan, but

been struck well at least some kind of deal there can be no doubt this first step agreement between iran and the great powers is of historic significance it could become the foundation for far reaching geopolitical ships in the region but have no illusions the naysayers are intent on scuttling the deal and the use of force we're told remains on the table. to cross talk the un nucular you i'm joined by my guest richard white's in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i can go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is it a historic deal and will go anywhere of course it's historic i'm sure all reviewers remember real man the goal to tehran the neo kongs ten years ago before during and after the invasion

iran had not changed. the terrorist arm, that does state sponsored activities around the world, including trying an attempt here in the united states. they continue their cyber efforts to attack, according to published reports, none of that has changed. the only thing that's changed is you have now given them a permission slip to continue enrichment. that's what the iranians walked away from, that's the one thing the whole world was trying to stop them from doing, that's why i don't understand their rela rhetoric on this. we know when you go down this path, we made this mistake in pakistan, question made this mistake in north korea. and history is a great judge here and a great teacher, why would you make an agreement that will proliferate the arms race in region. >> when we return, can iran be trusted to keep up their end of the bar gagaibargain? # hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you always d

of iran which they realized could only be successfully achieved through integration of iran's economy with the global economy so i think rouhani is fully in line with that and what what they have want to do was really true to what and what it states has been. carrying out its own seat for the last thirty years which is really to treat iran as a kind of a major major. at antagonist major enemy of the earth and states except for the sort of union when it was still in existence i just remind you the key points of the deal there have already emerged first iran a will reduce its raymond richmond from twenty to a maximum of five percent its level ensures a peaceful use of atomic interior thereon is also supposed to stop adding new centrifuges sticking to our data equipment and keep a happy water reactor near the town of iraq non-operational the un should have around the clock ability to chat and control annia to any of enrichment plants in return sanctions will be lifted allowing to iran to regain control of some of its assets said to be worth up to four billion dollars for a period of up t

hassan rouhani is depicting iran as the winner. iran is not after a bomb. here is some of what he had to say earlier today. >> translator: the iranian nation does not seek nuclear weapons. after the comprehensive talks and final agreement, a year from now no one should say that we hampered the obtainment of nuclear weapons. this has to be a joke, a historical joke. iran has never sought to obtain nuclear weapons. >> reporter: that was hassan rouhani praising the foreign minister and praising the interim agreement. iranians, we have talked to a lot of them today. been signed.py an agreement has remember, this is what they wanted when they voted in hassan rouhani in june. they wanted him to come in with a mandate to improve the economy. everyone knows the first step to improving the economy is lifting the sanctions and the way to do that is reach a deal on the nuclear program and improve relations with the west. there's still a long way to go for a be all, end all deal that will completely resolve this issue. everyone is happy at least the first step has been

had the geneva talks with iran broken down, iran would have continued expanding their nuclear program. despite all of the sanctions, keep in mind the cost of a nuclear program are small for an oil rich country like iran. israeli prime minister netanyahu has been opposed to a deal. but is it in israel's interest that iran's program keep growing in size and scope? that's a strategy that assumes either iran is headed for collapse or that a military strike will take place that would permanently destroy iran's entire nuclear program and it wouldn't get rebuilt. this seems more like wishful thinking than strategy. the agreement that the major powers of government in geneva freezes iran's program for six months and rolls back some key aspects of it while a permanent deal is negotiated. in return, iran gets about $7 billion of sanctions relief. a fraction of what is in place against it. the main sanctions against its oil and banking sectors stay fully in place. this is a sensible deal. signed off on by france, britain, germany, russia and china as well as the united states and iran. it's just

in iran's nuclear program very much so moscow funded the building of the nuclear plant in iran and it was only in september this year that it handed over complete control of that plant to the iranians and i think moscow sees this is possibly the way forward the way forward is cooperation with iran with the country's nuclear industry because if you're cooperating with the country there's less secrecy and then that could lead in turn to less mutual suspicion and i think that russia sees that as the way forward or more common damn reaction on a story deal in iran's nuclear program is just ahead for you here in r.t. don't go away. let me just tell you something right now president george w. bush never claimed their right to extradition really assassinate american citizens this president barack obama should be impeached for crimes against the citizens and against the constitution because he has killed women and children in drone strikes so i just like to say that i think that history is not going to judge the presidency of barack obama and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think o

iran hopes that it will ease sanctions that has crippled iran's economy. there are five sites where iran is said to be enriching or converting uranium and doing work to its nuclear program and a facility where some believe iran is conducting nuclear research. we have several reports in our top stories today. >> reporter: smiles from the u.s. secretary of state but still no deal. a thumbs up but it's clear these talks have reached a crunch phrase. >> the p-5 is working hard, and i look forward to the meetings that i'll be having very shortly. >> no one is giving a running commentary on the progress of the talks, but the iranians have said even though a deal is close there are still difficult sticking points. >> we have now entered the very difficult and sensitive phase of editing the text to be published should talks reach an agreement soon. it is possible that the negotiation also take more time. however, given the sensitivity of these discussions we can see that the ministers are eagle for participate. and we have to see what the results will bring. >> cl

there is now a deal in place on iran's nuclear program. it is designed to stop or scale back nuclear activities in exchanges for relief from economic sanctions. >> a result after a long night, described as intensive and complicated the p5+1 and iran struck an historic deal, the importance hinted at by the president's sudden and unusual for a saturday late-night address. >> today that diplomacy opened up a new pass. that iran's progress is peaceful and it cannot build a nuclear weapon. it is a first step but achieves a first deal. for the first time in a decade we have halted the progress of the nuclear weapon. >> in timing the iranian prime minister spoke at the same time. >> i believe it is important that we all of us take the opportunity to end an unnecessary crisis and open new hzans based on respect for the rights of iranian people, and removal of any doubts about the exclusively peaceful nature of iran's nuclear program. >> under the deal iran agreed to halt all enrichment above 5% and neutralize a stockpile of 20% enriched uranium. i

i've been speaking to people in iran. there is a sense of euphoria in iran. they feel that they're coming out of the cold now, that the economy in iran may be revived, and iran may be on the road to return. this is much to the chagrin of the israelis and the saudis, but there's still a long time to go on this deal. this was, as secretary kerry said, a first step over a six-month period. now there's going to be more intense negotiations over the next six months to see what they're going to hammer out. is iran going to be willing to give up some of their centrifug centrifuges? as it stands right now, they're pretty much holding on to their nuclear structure, but they've given up some of the sensitive parts that could be aimed towards making a bomb. as secretary kerry said, this is going to be a very, very long second step to this stage, but in iran they seem to be happy and in the west they seem to be happy. so we have to see what happens over the course of the next six months. ali arouzi, nbc news, geneva. >> all right, ali. thanks so much. now to the white ho

and iran. it's the first step forward in changing that by lateral nature much regular relations they have have. >> that's a war going on there. it's a different situation. there was a time when you don't one would have thought for the past 30 years the u.s. and iran when they are there that seems to be so interconnected. >> absolutely. it's extremely positive. i think that those that criticize this deal today between iran and the u.s. are most likely people that weren't so interested in a deal from the beginning. this is truly a sign that diplomacy works. it's an effective method of solving problems and we don't know what's going to happen after six months, of course, but this is potentially a way of restoring trust in that method. >> one thing that still is not clear that seems to be particularly ambiguous is the red line about whether or not has the right to enrich iranium. that has not been dealt with. do you anticipate that being dealt with down the road? >> absolutely. i think there is a s

or despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place. and has more now from washington president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as well as easing some other trade restrictions here's actually what the president said on our side the united states and our friends and allies have agreed to provide iran with modest relief while continuing to apply our toughest sanctions we will refrain from imposing new sanctions and we will allow the iranian government to a portion of the revenue that they have been denied through sanctions. but the broader architecture of sanctions will remain in place and we will continue to enforce them vigorously and if iran does not fully meet its commitments during the six month phase we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure while again this president obama said the u.

we will visit iran shortly. this agreement has shown that the combination of asher expressed in her sanctions, coupled with readiness to negotiate, is the right policy. it has been the united approach of this country to pursue negotiations. there is cross party support. we have been steadfast in first doing this two party policy. we are seeking a peaceful solution. this is true to that approach. this will remain our policy over the coming months. as we build on and implement this third step on the long journey to making the middle east and the whole world safer from nuclear proliferation. >> can i thank the foreign secretary for his statement? the foreign secretary was generous enough to end his remarks by recognizing the reality of the bipartisan approach. to characterize this house and this country?s approach over recent years, including by my right honorable friend. let me echo that and add that all of those involved in the geneva negotiations, including the foreign secretary, deserve real credit for their ro

going back to iran. if you think that iran for example over the next few months joins russia china, india by not opposing and tolerating it what impact would that have on the conciliation of the taliban on the april elections as well as the compensation forming the grouping of the governments concerned. as bad as far as the political will and the complications of the situation when he was the head set up some watershed organizations to help maintain a continuity across the watershed across the implementation of the plan it's very provocative and very hard with an even afghanistan. they have helmand province which is facilitated by the international forces and in opportunity to bring afghans together to discuss the situation. in that meeting it was the first time that they had sat together to have this discussion. historically and culturally they were connected with kandahar. it was an interesting at the end of that meeting the people at home and who were upstream. we understand your concerns and we will

the fact that iran is halting uranium enrichment at twenty percent is something that iran actually wants because it's very expensive and the iranians have produced the fuel that it needs for the tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for cancer patients so the iranians have already produced enough nuclear fuel through enriching uranium at twenty percent no longer needed so halting that is actually an advantage for iran because it does not want excess fuel because it's very costly so the iranians feel that they do not lose very much and they have a lot to gain and again it shows that steadfastness at least from the iranian perspective and. standing for your rights can achieve results for his part russia's president putin hailed sunday's agreement for opening the doors to further positive diplomacy on the iranian nuclear program wanted a caution of a more known moscow's reaction. russian president vladimir putin has called this historic deal on iran's nuclear program that was achieved at talks in geneva a win win situation for all parties involved now the president said that this eq

what do we know about iran? i spend my life -- while decent people are working i am reading things about iran written by my learned colleagues all over the united states with us down to me because there is this sort of certainty with which they tell us about iran and one another, which is belied by reality. nobody really understands what is going on he and iran. it is impossible. the political system in error and is intentionally designed so it is a patent, obscure. iranians don't know what is going on. who arert iranians politically connected don't know. that is simply the nature of the system. art of it is they want to avoid what happened to the shah. they want to create a political system in which it is very difficult to overrule the current political order. part of it is the uncertainty that comes in the wake of revolution. nobody wants to make a decision. nobody wants to be at risk. nobody wants to take a chance. so, the nature of the system is such that it is really not clear how does it work. it is sort o

. >> a first step in the agreement with iran. not everyone is happy. >> this gree group has agreemene the world a much safer place. >> and headed to the polls to elect a new president one of south america's most dangerous countries. zplrchghts ♪ ♪ >> secretary thsecretary of stay has made a agreement with iran. president obama hailed the deal as a victory for diplomacy. >> today that diplomacy opened up a new path toward a world that is more secure. a future in which we can verify that iran's nuclear program is peaceful and it cannot build a nuclear weapon. let's bring in white house corse upocorrespondent mike viqueira. so, mike, this is a six month deal. what are the leaders hoping to get out of this. >> to prevent iran from investigate developing a nuclea. and during the six months during the negotiations that are going to follow towards this goal. the permanent five members of the united nations plus germany have struck this deal with iran to sharply curtail their nuclear capability. in the meantime as they try to negotia

it is iran. imagine iran with a nuclear weapon. and the terror that would be exported once they have that nuclear weapon. and no stop in the human rights abuses. all this they get they get a plutonium reactor, 3,000 new centrifuge the enriched uranium for a bomb. while we were over in israel this last week, we heard from the prime minister that there are well over 18,000 centrifuges running today. the first level of purity that is reached in uranium is 3.5%. the second level that is reached is 20%. from there it is a hop and a skip, literally, only weeks, to get to 90% purity which is what is required for a nuclear bomb. we are virtually sitting on the edge of a nuclear iran with no wiggle room left. finally, finally, finally we're beginning to see the beginning of the economic sanctions coming to work. just when they're coming to bear, just when iran is about to buckle at the knee, come to the table and actually agree to something over here on this side of the scorecard, you see, mr. speaker, it's a big goose egg on this side of t

the six-month interim agreement will limit iran's nuclear program. in return, the sanctions on iran will be eased. many question if this deal could actually work. mark has the latest. >> the united states and other world powers reached an agreement with iran on its nuclear problem sunday. president obama says the six- month accord is an important first step toward a comprehensive solution. >> today, that diplomacy opened up a new path toward a world that is more secure. a future in which we can verify that iran's nuclear program is peaceful and that it cannot build a nuclear weapon. >> iran agreed to curb its nuclear activities while crippling sanctions are eased. nothe iranian nation does seek nuclear weapons. >> in congress, there is concern on both sides of the aisle that this deal could by iran more time to develop a nuclear weapon. >> we are concerned as to whether iran will give up -- live up to these commitments. >> we trusted the iranians before just like the north koreans on nuclear issues. what have we gotten for it? hide theirue to develop

and iran. and the only way the other issues are going to be resolved is if this nuclear issue is resolved first, because that's the priority, and prime minister netanyahu was constantly threatening to go to war with or without us against iran, and you have to put a stop to that. you have to be able to get past this nuclear issue. this takes time. there's a lot of work to be done and we have to remember that, and nay sayers should remember this is not a binding agreement and this is not munich and iran is not the nazi regime. >> yes. i want to bring in congressman engel of new york. what's your reaction to this? >> well, my reaction is, i never quoted ronald reagan, but it's trust but verify. the iranians have not been friends of the united states, and you do negotiate with your enemies. you don't necessarily negotiate with your friends. i think the sanctions worked, and that's the reason why the iranians are at the table. the president has decided to go on this course of action, and we'll have

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iran's president and russia's foreign minister both said today that the accord ratifies iran's right to especially rich uranium. the white house says it did not. the truth is that the final deal left that ambiguous deliberately. while this at first appeared to come together very quickly, only two months after that first phone call between president obama and iran's president, in fact the white house now confirms that top u.s. officials have been talking secretly to iran for at least a year in the persian gulf country of oman without the other members being present. while most of the world is embracing the breakthrough, israel and saudi arabia argue iran cannot be trusted to hide critical part of its nuclear program from u.n. especially spect inspectors. they say it was the crippling sanctions that got iran to the bargaining table and this is the worst time to ease sanctions. democrats and republicans are threatening to add more sanctions which the president would be forced to veto. back to you. >> israel's reaction to the enter rum deal as you you just heard was quick and clear. this

brand-new reaction to iran's nuclear deal. this agreement reached by iran, the united states and five world powers calls for tehran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for easing of some sanctions. however, not everyone is happy with this deal. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington with more. jennifer. >> gregg, differences are emerging over the interpretation of what the deal does and doesn't do. >> translator: no matter what interpretations are given iran's right to enrichment has been recognized in the text and for that reason i announce that iran's enrichment activity will continue as before. >> there is no right to enrich. we do not recognize a right to enrich. it is clear in the npt it's very clear that there is no right to enrich. >> here's what the deal includes. it pauses construction of the heavy reactor, the arak one and neutralized their stockpile of uranium refined to a concentration of 20%. it suspends enrichment above 5% for six months. iran agrees to not adven

iran is an enemy. there's american blood on iranian hands going way back to the marine barracks in beirut a long time ago. of course, they're an autocratic government ta represses their own people contrary to our own values but relevant to this agreement, the iranians have a terrible record of not keeping agreements and frankly of lying. the main point i wanted to make in that op-ed, when you negotiate with iran, be careful. and frankly, if i had my way, i wouldn't have seen the u.s. or the p5-plus-1 negotiate an interim agreement. i would have held out, kept the sanctions on and gone for the comprehensive agreement because the interim agreement seems to set a new normal which is really an unsustainable and bad one. >> don't you have to start an somewhere in dealing with an adversary? you know the u.s. was once bitter ennys with japan or germany or even china. so you start with modest steps and try to improve a relationship and hope that thing will change. this is a relatively modest step, potentially

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between iran and the u.n. security council's five permanent man. plus germany all the foreign ministers from the sixty oceanic and world powers rushed to geneva to push this through according to russia's foreign minister in the deal the world powers recognize iran's peaceful adam and uranium enrichment under strict control of the i.a.e.a. the u.n. atomic watchdog thereat in turn will limit its uranium enrichment to five percent instead of twenty stop adding centrifuges and a whole new construction of a heavy water reactor in iran the war powers will partially lift sanctions against iran for six months and unfreeze several billion dollars in iranian assets. but despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president barack obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place you know across live correspondent john who is in washington for us and bring is the reaction from the air so guided to tell us what else did the u.s. leader have to say on the success of the geneva talks. as you said pre

sanctions against iran that's dangerous used by the u.n. security council russia has never recognized the unilateral penalties easing brasher on the run should start with lifting. now among the. it details that one mention that by sergey lavrov is that this will be the six month freeze over iran's nuclear program no new centrifuges are going to be added and no new uranium enrichment facilities are going to be built and everyone has agreed to stop enriching uranium over five percent now so the deal here has been made it may only be an interim deal for the moment which means that you have to start again in six months time but at the moment it feels like a historic breakthrough well despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president obama says the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay employees are going to count as more from washington president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as w

iran has not changed. the force which is their arm, their terrorist arm that does state sponsored terrorism activities around the world, again, including trying an attempt in the united states, they continue their cyber efforts to attack according to public reports financial institutions in the united states. none of that has changed. the only things that changed is you have now given them a permission slip to continue enrichment. that's what the iranians walk away from. that is the one thing the whole world was trying to stop them from doing. that's why i don't understand the rhetoric on this. we know when you go down this path, we made this mistake in pakistan. we made this mistake in north korea. and now why -- history is a great judge here and a great teacher. why would you make the same mistake to a nation that will proliferate a nuclear arms race in the middle east if they're successful in getting a nuclear weapon? >> we have six months to watch this thing. so congressman mike rogers, thank you for s

now, iran. this administration came into office with the idea of taking among other things a regional approach to afghanistan. the emphasis has been on afghanistan's relationship with pakistan. that is appropriate. that is a very complicated one to understand one that is difficult for the us government. i will tell you a anecdote about this. a few years ago i was at one of these supersecret international meetings off the record so will have to remain supersecret because if people found out what went on there and they realize how unimportant these meetings actually are and they realize how little goes on there but there is a panel about iran. the question i asked as to the united states of any other enemies with whom it has so many common interests. afterwards, henry kissinger came up to me and said we have more with iran not our other enemies but with most of our allies. the paradox difficulty of the relations in afghanistan. roughly speaking, the us and iranian interests in afghanistan are quit

iran's program is frozen. it cannot build any new sent trinecentrifuges and iran will t any enrichment above 5%. that is important because as it's enriched further it is closer to building a nuclear bomb. iran will not us centrifuges and inspectors will be allowed in to make sure that iran is abiding by these terms and that will be carried out by united nations watchdog. phil has been watching this as it's been breaking this evening. phil talk about the fact that iran is insisting that it's right to enrich u rai uranium is allowed in this agreement where that may not be exactly clear. >> it's a very interesting way of deal with that issue, johnathan. >> whawhat it appears they have done is not put it in the actual agreement any mention of a right. but apparently there is worlding referring to the non-proliferation treaty. which iran is a signaturor to. and within that there is the rights of iran to continue on it's nuclear program. it's interesting on how they dealt with this. we expected something of that nat

iran has every stockpile of gold and iran can use it. had difficulty using that gold because i just sanctions legislation, and it would not be difficult for iran to make use of well over a million dollars in gold. i don't know where the figure came from because that's way below what iran's petrochemical exports were pre-sanctions period. and furthermore, i mean, the sort of consensus estimate on oil trade is iran is going to be able to increase its oil exports summer by 300,000 barrels a day, which of the $500 billion. so if you throw in a bunch of gold and did so in one petrochemical exports and windows extra 3000 a day, person to get up to something which is well above 10, and conceivably 15, which is why the as we say let's annualized as we can understand what it means and basic 40 million. i think that's pretty high. but it's certainly going to be at least 20 billion a year and probably 30 billion a year. well, iran's import goal is only something on the order of 30, 40 billion a year. so if they get access to that kind of money, as

-- iran. that is not what the text says. impose new sanctions on iran? wrong. speakinge two people said, we have committed from imposing new nuclear related sanctions. that does not stop us from implementing existing sanctions which of course we will do. nor will we impose new sanctions to sponsor its abysmal human rights record. there'slast point, nothing in this agreement that would prevent the united states from imposing new sanctions on iran. it often has imposed sanctions on human rights grounds and the u.s. has imposed sanctions for drug trafficking on iran. i would suggest that the u.s. should do just that to drive the point home that we observe agreements as they are written they hads they wish been written. furthermore, there is nothing in this agreement which prevents the united states from threatening to impose new sanctions in the future if no comprehensive solution is iran were to breach obligations. therefore, the legislation being considered by the senate who may think it's a go